Current Affairs New treatment offers better hopes for victims of spinal injuries
The Institute of Experimental Medicine in Prague has made a potentially very important breakthrough in treating spinal cord injuries. Using stem cells on paralysed rats, the team has managed to heal acute cases of paralysis, returning the animals’ feeling and movement. Now the group has found that seeding the stem cells in a hydrogel implanted in the wound can cure even chronic back injuries. I spoke with the Institute’s Eva Syková, who explained how the new method is a major development in the use of stem cells to treat such injuries.
Eva Syková
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